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Same Terrorist, Two Death Announcements — And The State Says “Trust Us This Time”?

Nigeria’s Presidency has announced the killing of ISWAP commander Abu-Bilal al-Minuki in a joint operation involving Nigerian security forces and international partners in the...

Middle East Conflict: The Reality in Nigeria

The US and Israel are on one side. Iran is on the opposite side. Tempers are flaring. There are irreconcilable differences. Accusations and counter...

US, Israel, and Iran: Nigeria’s Hypocritical Culture

Hypocrites are subliminal enemies to humanity. They are everywhere – in churches, mosques, communities, and work environments. They usually present a misleading façade, sometimes...

Trump should be a wake-up call!

President Donald Trump of the United States of America is a creation of time. The key point is not in changing America. Instead, Trump...

Deep-State Conspiracy or Political Paranoia? The Truth Behind Claims of CIA and USAID’s Role in Trump’s Impeachment

Rumors have been swirling about an alleged deep-state plot involving USAID and the CIA in the impeachment of former President Donald Trump. The claims...

China’s Tech Dominance is Shaking the World!

In an age where Silicon Valley has long been considered the pinnacle of innovation, China is rewriting the global tech narrative with jaw-dropping breakthroughs...

The Hazards of Assad’s Fall

The Fall of Assad can best be described as a perfect storm of Internal and External Pressures from global power players! Therefore, after over a...

Legalize or Leave Russia: Implications of Putin’s Sweeping Immigration Order

Russian President Vladimir Putin has issued a sweeping decree requiring all illegal immigrants in the country to legalize their status or leave by April...

Europe Enters A New Era As Ukraine Ends Russian Gas Transit To The EU

In a landmark move that signals a profound shift in European energy politics, Ukraine has ceased the transit of Russian natural gas to the...

Putin: The Great Adversary or a Pawn in America’s Geopolitical Chessboard?

In today’s volatile world order, President Vladimir Putin is often hailed as the most significant threat to the United States’ global supremacy. With Russia’s...

The Global Arms Race: Profit, Power, and Perpetual Conflict

In an increasingly polarized world marked by ongoing tensions and conflict, the global arms industry stands at the heart of this unrest, both profiting...

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US Counter-Insurgency In Iraq

Pundits claim that in Iraq, Americans are committing, all over again, the faux pas that led to their nearly unbroken string of frustration fighting insurgencies over past four decades, from Vietnam in the 1960s to El Salvador in the 1980s...

The Nigerians I Know

In the sense that there is no set Nigerian culture since we have 250-350 different ethnic groups that may or may not know jack about their neighbor, we may have been the area where the Biblical Tower of Babel fell...

Re-Branding Nigeria: The Role of the Youths Part 2

I have never been more hopeful and enthusiastic about a National programme than I am now and my reasons cannot be unconnected to the integrity of Prof. Dora Akunyili, the chief midwife of this National re-birth...

Obasanjo is the Smartest Nigerian Politician!!!

The similarities shared by IBB and OBJ are many. Both are pests and national disasters. Where IBB consulted smooth Machiavellian amoralities, OBJ was equally Machiavellian but a bovine bully. Both of them are asses of grave eminence...

Can Ndanusa's Vision for Sports Stop Corruption, Mismanagement, and Broken Promises?

Minister Ndanusa has pledged to reengineer the sports industry, a sector plagued with corruption, mismanagement, and gross neglect. This paper discusses Ndanusa’s vision for sports development within the context of the privatization of sports and national development...

Education in Nigeria: The Return of Professor Ruqayyatu Ahmed Rufai as Minister

The return of Professor Ruqayyatu Ahmed Rufai as minister of education will signal a shift and a renewed commitment to education as President Goodluck Jonathan continues to demonstrate transformational leadership and his vision for education...

Speaking Truth to Power: Giving President Yar’Adua an Opportunity to Govern in the Autumn

I see in the many government actions or inactions rarely any capacity for straightforwardness, directness or transparency.  For it appears it is congenitally incapable of being frank, clear or assertive...

Of Looters, Leaders and The EFCC List

It was written in very bold headlines in the Nigerian Tribune that the “Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has released the names of 56 Nigerians it alleged collectively removed over N243 billion from the nation’s treasury...

Corruption: Nobody Should Be Deceived

Despite some progress by the government of ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo in fighting corruption and improving the economy, Nigerians are deeply disappointed with how the country has turned out...

State Police Vs the Rest of Us

The recent ‘abduction’ or otherwise of Madu Onuorah, the...